This celebration of the role and presence of black photographers in 20th-century New York showcases the work and various styles of 56 artists, including Gordon Parks, Chuck Stewart, and Terry Boddie. The book provides a window onto the lives of black New Yorkers over the past 100 years, through subjects ranging from poverty to race relations to class and gender differences, all as viewed by black photographers.

This is a celebration of the lives and achievements of 100 of the most significant black history-makers of the 20th century, selected by the people of New York City. Including athletes, musicians, filmmakers, writers, politicians, and others, this volume serves as a catalogue of black individuals who trace their roots and successes to New York City.

This catalogue of works by 122 black artists who have contributed to the visual heritage of New York City over the past century includes paintings, sketches, and sculptures. It celebrates the variety of media, themes, and subjects emplyed by black artists from Sam Middleton to Verna Hart.

Amazing African American History answers questions about many of the most important events in African American history and some of the people who helped make it. Some of the questions can only be answered with more questions, while others will make children curious about an exciting part of history they never knew about before. Amazing African American History will stimulate young readers to investigate further our nation's African American heritage.

Washington was without question the most prominent spokesman for his race during the post-Reconstruction period. Whether he is viewed as a savior or a traitor to his race -- both opinions were held by his contemporaries -- his autobiography is essential reading for its insight into the black experience in the early twentieth century. This Collector's Edition also includes excerpts from five slave narratives, including the first known narrative by an enslaved woman in the Americas. Illustrations are drawn from the vast archives of The New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

Complete with photos and chronologies, this easy-to-use, thorough reference source is an authoritative guide to the works of novelists, poets, critics, journalists, dramatists, and other black writers from around the world. It will serve as a resource for students and teachers alike.

Published in association with the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, this book gives its reader a deeper understanding and appreciation of the rich legacy of black literature. Including significant works from all time periods and genres, it carefully weaves biography, plot synopsis, illustration, and description into a tapestry depicting the rich history of black literature, its struggles and triumphs.

Explore the 500-year history of African people in North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean in this portfolio, which examines the commonalities and differences in background, culture, color, gender, and social status of these African Americans. There are 61 images on 38 panels.

Noted scholars and theologians explore the emerging field of African American religious studies in this publication of the proceedings of a symposium sponsored by the Schomburg Center Preservation of the Black Religious Heritage Project.

African American folk arts, the source of inspiration for much contemporary music, dance, literature, and visual art, are examined with a view toward preserving, identifying, documenting, and presenting them.